SNP leadership battle enters final 12 days as front-runners sell their visions for ScotlandKate Forbes and Humza Yousaf are vying to replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scotland’s first ministerTue Mar 14 2023 - 21:27
Lineker affair exposes BBC’s curious relationship with Conservative powerThe frenzy over the presenters tweets is the culmination of years of Conservative Party pressure on the BBCMon Mar 13 2023 - 19:46
Tricolours fly high at London’s St Patrick’s parade London mayor Sadiq Khan says political upheaval of recent years never “soured relations” with Irish and Brotish people as it had with politiciansSun Mar 12 2023 - 18:56
Kate Forbes goes on the attack in bid for SNP leadershipSocially conservative candidate demolished the ministerial record of rival Humza YousafWed Mar 08 2023 - 20:15
Bus preacher offers to take us to paradise on the 295 to FulhamLondon Letter: People usually don’t even make eye contact on public transport. Yet here was a woman singing unabashedWed Mar 08 2023 - 05:06
Irish-owned UK online retail portal Ufurnish raises €3.8mSenior Irish businesswomen are among the backers of the business, which is chaired by Pat McCannWed Mar 08 2023 - 05:00
Britain to seek EU deals on illegal migration as it prepares to ban those arriving on ‘small boats’New law planned to deport and permanently ban migrants arriving on dinghies from FranceMon Mar 06 2023 - 17:22
Stopping the ‘small boats’ is key to Sunak’s plan to avoid electoral annihilationSunak to raise issue with Macron on Friday, three days after the UK unveils tough laws to ban and deport migrants who cross the English Channel on dinghiesMon Mar 06 2023 - 15:51
DUP calls for ‘less oversell and more reality’ from British government on Windsor FrameworkSinn Féin says no reason for unionist party to stay out of Assembly while it studies latest post-Brexit proposalsSun Mar 05 2023 - 11:05
DUP seeks to distance itself from Paisley’s downbeat Windsor Framework reactionFormer British prime minister Boris Johnson and former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, also weighed in on ThursdayThu Mar 02 2023 - 19:35
Matt Hancock’s lockdown WhatsApps: the drip feed that is gripping WestminsterJournalist Isabel Oakeshott breaches non-disclosure agreement to leak 100,000 of former health secretary’s messagesThu Mar 02 2023 - 17:05
Windsor Framework prompts round of soul-searching in Britain about its past aggressive approach to EUFrom Rishi Sunak’s warmth to the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen to Steve Baker’s emotional BBC interview calling for an end to populism, there has been a clear shift in toneWed Mar 01 2023 - 05:00
Windsor Framework: Dublin and EU expect Sunak to proceed with protocol deal even if DUP rejects itBritish prime minister visits North and hails deal as creating ‘the world’s most exciting’ economic zoneWed Mar 01 2023 - 05:00
Windsor Framework deal for Northern Ireland hailed as ‘new chapter’ in relationship between UK and EUPrime minister urges hardline Brexiteers in his party to back Windsor Framework as it would help Britain to ‘take back control’Mon Feb 27 2023 - 23:00
EU and UK renew vows of co-operation in venue where King Charles married CamillaBoth sides hail ‘decisive breakthrough’ of Windsor framework to replace Northern Ireland protocolMon Feb 27 2023 - 21:43
Rishi Sunak limbers up for a protocol showdown with Tory EuroscepticsWe will soon find out if the European Research Group is strong enough to hobble another British prime ministerMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:30
Sunak to sign Northern Ireland protocol deal with EU after months of negotiationsFocus will shift to DUP and Donaldson who must decide whether to back the agreement and restore powersharingMon Feb 27 2023 - 05:15
The State of Us by Jon Snow: A strong rallying cry for unspecified changeThe journalist skillfully identifies inequality as the root of many social ills, but does not prescribe solutionsSun Feb 26 2023 - 04:52
Kate Forbes’s bid for SNP leadership alive and kickingThe first poll of the leadership contest offers the social conservative hopeFri Feb 24 2023 - 18:31
Ex-British PM Boris Johnson wades into divisive Northern Ireland protocol debateFormer British prime minister appears to undermine the negotiating strategy of the current governmentThu Feb 23 2023 - 18:36
Britain champions Ukraine abroad while lapping up dirty Russian moneyThe UK’s moral stance on the invasion of Ukraine stands in contrast to London’s status as a playground for Putin’s friendsThu Feb 23 2023 - 05:00
‘Not realistic’ for Ukraine to defeat Russia this year, British government says Britain’s armed forces minister is ready to back Ukraine in a long struggle because ‘Putin must be seen to fail’Wed Feb 22 2023 - 20:11
North protocol: ‘I hear you loud and clear,’ Rishi Sunak tells DUPBritish prime minister promises to heed unionist concerns over Northern Ireland ProtocolWed Feb 22 2023 - 13:01
Threat of Tory rebellion puts brakes on protocol deal but optimism remainsRishi Sunak will face pressure at Prime Minister’s Questions from within his own campWed Feb 22 2023 - 05:00
Media circus around Nicola Bulley case moves on but pain remains in local churchAncient church at centre of little Lancashire village is where dead woman’s memory will liveTue Feb 21 2023 - 18:21
Northern Ireland protocol: EU expects Sunak to push ahead with deal despite oppositionBritish PM under pressure from Boris Johnson and hardline Tory Eurosceptics over expected agreementTue Feb 21 2023 - 01:00
Rishi Sunak is learning he can’t please everyone on Northern Ireland protocolNext few days could define UK prime minister’s premiershipMon Feb 20 2023 - 15:03
Northern Ireland protocol: James Cleverly in talks with EU as part of ‘intensive’ push for a deal‘Momentum’ behind protocol agreement but no certainty of a deal this week, Tánaiste saysMon Feb 20 2023 - 13:13
Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation may expose the deep fissures within Scotland’s SNPThe Scottish National Party is divided on many key issues and a leadership contest may expose the fissuresThu Feb 16 2023 - 19:22
Nicola Sturgeon stuns UK politics with surprise resignationScotland’s first minister is to step down as soon as a successor is chosenWed Feb 15 2023 - 20:54
Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation triggers speculation as to replacementDominant force of Scottish politics stuns UK by announcing her departure as first minister and leader of SNPWed Feb 15 2023 - 20:08
Keir Starmer is the big winner from Nicola Sturgeon’s departureAnalysis: The shock of the SNP leader’s resignation has reverberated from Edinburgh to London and back. Nobody expected itWed Feb 15 2023 - 17:12
‘Speaking truth to power’: Blood lessons from the Troubles come to LondonA play involving victims of the conflict will be seen by officers investigating collusionWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
Nicola Bulley search: Real detectives vie with amateur sleuths in Lancashire villageLocals, online commentators and the missing woman’s partner are sceptical of the police’s theory that the mother of two fell into the river WyreSun Feb 12 2023 - 15:04
Britain looks into supplying fighter jets to UkraineUK government promises to step up provision of arms to Kyiv after Zelenskiy addresses WestminsterWed Feb 08 2023 - 20:55
‘Give us wings’: Ukraine’s president asks Britain for fighter jets in Westminster speechVolodymyr Zelenskiy addresses Houses of Parliament in London before heading to meet King CharlesWed Feb 08 2023 - 15:49
UK plans crackdown on arrival of asylum seekers in Dover but locals rarely see refugeesLondon hints at UK leaving European Convention on Human Rights if outside courts try to dilute its planned crackdown on migrantsTue Feb 07 2023 - 19:37
Map showing extent of sewage released into Thames shocks many LondonersThe city has come a long way since the Great Stink of 1858, but the river may be going back to its futureTue Feb 07 2023 - 17:21
Liz Truss comeback bid gets cool reception from UK governmentFormer PM re-enters the fray to defend her views on cutting taxes ahead of Britain’s upcoming budget in MarchSun Feb 05 2023 - 17:02
Boris Johnson claims Brexit ‘saved lives’ in the pandemicFormer British prime minister also warns that a Labour government would be too close to the European UnionFri Feb 03 2023 - 20:01
‘We’re not being shot or blown up. That doesn’t mean we have peace’Women activists from Northern Ireland speak at Irish embassy event in London for St Brigid’s DayThu Feb 02 2023 - 20:01
Mark Paul: Britain’s striking teachers aim to give government a lesson Cauldron of industrial action is bubbling in high-tension, low-growth BritainWed Feb 01 2023 - 20:13
Volunteering key to British creed of keeping calm and carrying onBig Help Out initiative for King Charles’s coronation may rekindle solid aspect of national identity in time of uncertaintyWed Feb 01 2023 - 05:00
Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days marred by ‘Tory sleaze’He may feel compelled to act more ruthlessly when he deals with his next ministerial scandalTue Jan 31 2023 - 05:00
Rishi Sunak denies dithering over sacking of Nadhim ZahawiFresh criticism focuses on British prime minister’s handling of tax scandal, details of which had first surfaced last JulyMon Jan 30 2023 - 20:44
Beloved London church with links to Alice in Wonderland destroyed by fireSt Mark’s Anglican church, on a hill between St John’s Wood and Maida Vale, was frequented by author Lewis CarrollFri Jan 27 2023 - 17:48
Michael McGrath awaits answers from regulator about concerns over overpriced ‘vulture fund’ mortgagesMinister for Finance’s officials write to Central Bank asking for its views on its legal powersFri Jan 27 2023 - 05:00
Dominic Raab under pressure as bullying inquiry widensDeputy prime minister and Boris Johnson loyalist could be facing allegations from more than 30 civil servantsThu Jan 26 2023 - 17:55
Westminster PMQs is a political mad tea party and everyone has a cupLondon Letter: Rishi Sunak will feel heat of opponent’s breath in Commons chamber as every self-inflicted Tory wound helps Starmer and LabourWed Jan 25 2023 - 05:00
Labour will ‘reconnect’ Britain with Europe if it wins powerShadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, promises a raft of fresh co-operation with European countries but reiterates it will not roll back BrexitTue Jan 24 2023 - 18:46
